Difference between revisions of "na"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
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===Alternative forms===
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* naim
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
 
From Portuguese ''na''
 
From Portuguese ''na''
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===Adverb===
 
===Adverb===
na: no definition, now -- Definition in Naija?
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* (Discursive) time wey we dey for someting.
 
 
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|E go want taste am '''na''' haha. |(LAG_36_Marriage_DG__34, He will just want to taste it now, haha.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|E go want taste am '''na''' haha. |(LAG_36_Marriage_DG__34, He will just want to taste it now, haha.)}}
  
====Related forms====
 
* bah
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''now''
 
* English: ''now''
  
 
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===Verb===
 
 
===Auxiliary===
 
 
na: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
 
na: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
  
 
# - (frequency:6067)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na'''… |(ENU_32_Football-And-Money_DG__42, It's...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na'''… , |(IBA_18_Money-Wahala_M__65, It is...)}}
 
# ccomp-fixed (frequency:80)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' village, '''na''' im dem dey. |(BEN_09_Tailoring-Immunization_MG__46, It's in the village, that's where they are.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' village, '''na''' im dem dey. |(BEN_09_Tailoring-Immunization_MG__46, It's in the village, that's where they are.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' fibroid, '''na''' im de do am. |(ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__84, It was fibroid she had.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' fibroid, '''na''' im de do am. |(ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__84, It was fibroid she had.)}}
# conj:dicto (frequency:34)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''', be small pikin. |(ENU_23_Chizom-Talk_DG__45, She is a small girl.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''', '''na''' only night rest. |(IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__162, It is, it is only night rest.)}}
 
# nsubj (frequency:20)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dat '''na'''. |(JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__62, That is...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Im '''na'''... |(ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__120, She was...)}}
 
# discourse (frequency:10)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Eh '''na'''. |(JOS_06_Ear-Piercing_DG__191, Eh !)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Yes '''na'''! |(IBA_17_Julie-And-Danile_DG__48, Yes of course !)}}
 
# cc (frequency:9)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Abi '''na'''… |(LAG_33_Buhari-Recession_M__108, Or it is...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Abi '''na'''… , |(LAG_33_Buhari-Recession_M__112, Or it is...)}}
 
# mark (frequency:7)
 
#: {{ux|dv|See if '''na'''… , |(BEN_20_Fasting_DG__4, See, if it's...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|E be like sey '''na'''… |(ENU_06_After-School-Lessons_DG__112, It is as if...)}}
 
# dislocated (frequency:4)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Sey '''na''' dat programme, '''na''' im for… , |(WAZK_11_Chiagozies-Life-Story_M__97, That it was that programme that would...)}}
 
# dep (frequency:3)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''', '''na''' di… |(ENU_31_Imo-State-Politics_DG__47, It is... it is the ...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Before '''na''', '''na'''… |(JOS_33_Changing-Nigeria_DG__142, Before it is... it is...)}}
 
# advmod (frequency:3)
 
#: {{ux|dv|No '''na'''. |(ABJ_NOU_03_Open-University_DG__42, place now.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' just. |(JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__8, It's just...)}}
 
# nsubj-obj (frequency:3)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|My name '''na''' Ibrahim Salomi. |(ENU_01_Salomis-Egusi-Soup-Recipe_MG__1, My name is Ibrahim Salomi.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|My name '''na''' Ibrahim Salomi. |(ENU_01_Salomis-Egusi-Soup-Recipe_MG__1, My name is Ibrahim Salomi.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|My name '''na''' Joke Babatunde. |(IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__2, My name is Joke Babatunde.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|My name '''na''' Joke Babatunde. |(IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__2, My name is Joke Babatunde.)}}
# mark-nsubj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|You know sey today '''na'''… |(LAG_08_Austin-And-Donald_DG__66, You know that today is...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|And here I dey with my friend wey be sey her name '''na'''… |(KAD_23_Christians-In-Kaduna_DG__2, And here I am with my friend whose name is...)}}
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
  
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====Related forms====
 
* [[na im|na im]]
 
* [[na im|na im]]
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na im. |(ABJ_GWA_06_Ugo-Lifestory_MG__97, That's it.)}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|So na im o. |(ABJ_GWA_06_Ugo-Lifestory_MG__77, So, that's it.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|So na im o. |(ABJ_GWA_06_Ugo-Lifestory_MG__77, So, that's it.)}}
 
* [[sey na|sey na]]
 
* [[sey na|sey na]]
 
#: {{ux|dv|But dat's... dat na Hausa word because sey na na Abuja, we dey ehen. |(WAZA_10_Bluetooth-Lifestory_MG__72, But that's... that's a Hausa word because we're in Abuja, yeah.)}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|E be like sey na I... I smuggle mysef enter di country, but meanwhile, na me, get country, na me, be my... |(ABJ_INF_12_Evictions_MG__17, It's like I... I smuggled myself into the country, but actually, it's my country, it's me, it's my...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|E be like sey na I... I smuggle mysef enter di country, but meanwhile, na me, get country, na me, be my... |(ABJ_INF_12_Evictions_MG__17, It's like I... I smuggled myself into the country, but actually, it's my country, it's me, it's my...)}}
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* [[naim | naim]]
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742
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* be, dey
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: no definition
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* English: ''is'' a ''be'' form
 
 
 
 
  
 
===Particle===
 
===Particle===
na: no definition, be -- Definition in Naija?
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Di marker wey de dey use focus word for sentence.
 
 
  
# xcomp (frequency:4291)
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#{{ux|dv|and '''na''' im be di cheapest |(deuber__3875, __no translation__)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' X. |(NST_cleaned__9958, __no translation__)}}
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#{{ux|dv|'''Na''' yesterday Sunday o, '''na''' im dis one shele for Lagos. |(deuber__6265, __no translation__)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''na''' so |(deuber__5116, __no translation__)}}
 
# - (frequency:2731)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' |(human_rights__14, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na'''... |(ja102__2642, __no translation__)}}
 
# dep (frequency:1059)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''na''' im |(deuber__3248, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' im. |(NST_cleaned__40593, __no translation__)}}
 
# ccomp (frequency:660)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' lie. |(jw__25732, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' lie? |(NST_cleaned__24826, __no translation__)}}
 
# nsubj (frequency:220)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dat '''na'''. |(NST_cleaned__9856, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Im '''na'''... |(NST_cleaned__40387, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc-dep (frequency:69)
 
#: {{ux|dv|because '''na''' im send you. |(jw__48651, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|and '''na''' im be di cheapest |(deuber__3875, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj (frequency:32)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' so plenty people begin write vex letter to Playboy. |(bbc__71994, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' light, light, light, light, light, light, and '''na''' consistency. |(NST_cleaned__36599, __no translation__)}}
 
# obl:mod (frequency:28)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' yesterday Sunday o, '''na''' im dis one shele for Lagos. |(deuber__6265, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' during cold, for harmattan them come, after harvest. |(katakata__318, __no translation__)}}
 
# advmod (frequency:21)
 
#: {{ux|dv|No '''na'''. |(NST_cleaned__15029, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' just. |(NST_cleaned__12701, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc (frequency:17)
 
#: {{ux|dv|sey '''na'''... |(NST_cleaned__41064, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|but if God say  '''na''' im go stay dere. |(deuber__4517, __no translation__)}}
 
# advcl (frequency:12)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' small small the water come dey dry. |(jw__26032, __no translation__)}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' so because that kind love dey deceive people. |(jw__10522, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' so because that kind love dey deceive people. |(jw__10522, __no translation__)}}
# csubj (frequency:8)
 
#: {{ux|dv|This looks inconclusive '''na'''. |(brila__1818, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Oda reason why dem dey do di strike '''na''': |(bbc__76158, __no translation__)}}
 
# aux (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' cook? |(NST_cleaned__24921, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|I say wetin '''na''' die!!! |(ja102__5308, __no translation__)}}
 
# aux-obj (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' Google map help me, |(NST_cleaned__6080, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' deh kwesion SDF senators di ask. |(bbc__6052, __no translation__)}}
 
# det (frequency:3)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Naim be say '''na''' di |(human_rights__204, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' the ‘things wey the flesh want’ dem dey like to do? |(jw__7524, __no translation__)}}
 
# aux-dep (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' Strike Back. |(NST_cleaned__31438, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' when Satan lie give Eve '''na''' im bad thing start. |(jw__26623, __no translation__)}}
 
# dep-obj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di Lagos State police spokesman, Chike Oti talk say di officers wey base for di Ipakodo branch for SARS '''na'''; |(bbc__31710, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Anoda thing to know be say '''na''' companies from UK go build dis prison extension for Nigeria because '''na''' dem bid for di job and '''na''' based on dat '''na''' im UK government take settle on cost of £700,000. Many go expect say di quality go beta pass di kain 'cell' wey already dey dia. |(bbc__15643, __no translation__)}}
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: no definition, be
 
 
 
 
===Verb===
 
na: is -- Definition in Naija?
 
 
 
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
#: {{ux|dv|my name '''na''' John.|no translation}}
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: is
 
* English: is

Revision as of 16:58, 7 December 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

  • naim

Etymology

From Portuguese na

Pronunciation

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 2008
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 6
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 41064
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 13


Adverb

  • (Discursive) time wey we dey for someting.
  1. E go want taste am na haha.  — (LAG_36_Marriage_DG__34, He will just want to taste it now, haha.)

Translations

  • English: now

Verb

na: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

  1. Na village, na im dem dey.  — (BEN_09_Tailoring-Immunization_MG__46, It's in the village, that's where they are.)
    Na fibroid, na im de do am.  — (ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__84, It was fibroid she had.)
    My name na Ibrahim Salomi.  — (ENU_01_Salomis-Egusi-Soup-Recipe_MG__1, My name is Ibrahim Salomi.)
    My name na Joke Babatunde.  — (IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__2, My name is Joke Babatunde.)

Related forms

  1. So na im o.  — (ABJ_GWA_06_Ugo-Lifestory_MG__77, So, that's it.)
  1. E be like sey na I... I smuggle mysef enter di country, but meanwhile, na me, get country, na me, be my...  — (ABJ_INF_12_Evictions_MG__17, It's like I... I smuggled myself into the country, but actually, it's my country, it's me, it's my...)

Synonyms

  • be, dey

Translations

  • English: is a be form

Particle

Di marker wey de dey use focus word for sentence.

  1. and na im be di cheapest  — (deuber__3875, __no translation__)
  2. Na yesterday Sunday o, na im dis one shele for Lagos.  — (deuber__6265, __no translation__)
    Na so because that kind love dey deceive people.  — (jw__10522, __no translation__)

Translations

  • English: is